Manager Financial Analyst

Howard Hoffman

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Summary

An analytical, creative, and thorough financial professional, with skills in analysis and team leadership, who adheres to the goal of “added-value” in every project undertaken. Extensive experience in the mortgage, consumer products, and newspaper industries, where the objective was to turn data into tools, observations, and conclusions to enable management to more effectively operate the business. Skills include Excel modeling, Visual Basic, and familiarity with SQL, Access, and Six Sigma management; background includes finance, mathematics, and economics.

Experience

I FUND PHILLY, LLC // ADVANTAGE INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY

Independent Consultant 2019 – 2020

Produced significant process improvement in document creation for loan originator. Involved data integration, analysis, conversion, and automation using Visual Basic and Excel skills.

Created analysis and automation for product pricing and commission computations for warehouse distributor.

Provided data analysis and data conversion to feed a website that enables on-line ordering for the first time.

OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania

Senior Manager of GSE and Operations Analysis 2013 – 2019

Ocwen acquired GMAC Mortgage from the U.S. Treasury in February 2013.

Managed a team of analysts that developed business tools for operations, performed business analysis for senior management, and created reporting for various departments.

Modeled expected liabilities for the foreclosure population, FNMA and FHLMC compensatory fee penalties, and mortgage insurance exposure.

Calculated and analyzed delinquency performance, mortgage insurance rebuttal success, third-party claims collections, and bank collateral needs.

GMAC MORTGAGE, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania

Director of Default Management 2007-2013

Developed a scorecard system that rated mortgage attorneys. The design, computations, analysis, and automation were a huge leap in efficiency, effectiveness, and accuracy.

Established a process and analytical tools to handle complicated FHA first legal calculations and to help Foreclosure meet the required deadlines.

Provided analysis, education, and proof-of-accuracy of the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac scorecards of GMAC, which were critical in retaining and expanding business with them.

Executed special projects for various areas of the business that lacked the abilities that existed on the team and managed to create tools, reports, and analysis to help run the operations.

Manager of Operations Analysis in Finance Servicing 2002-2007

Created an Excel-based planning and budgeting system (including VBA automation) that collected input from 40 cost centers at three sites, consolidated the results, and produced detailed analysis.

Produced a sophisticated integration model when a sister company was merged into existing operations. The model showed both financial and head-count implications.

Additional Experience

PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS, INC., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Independent Consultant, 1992-2001. Used data warehouse tools (Cognos Impromptu and PowerPlay) to design models for analysis, to create warehouses from scratch, and to provide various areas of the business with sophisticated tools to be used by unsophisticated users. Three years special projects for the CFO; three in Systems introducing a new circulation software system, and three in Distribution creating software tools and performing business analysis.

ROY F. WESTON, INC., West Chester, Pennsylvania, Independent Consultant, 1991-1992. Developed bid proposals on two $75 million government Superfund sites. Created five-year planning model used to access cash flow and used in bank negotiations. Instituted a system to assess profitability on 200 contracts.

KRAFT GENERAL FOODS, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Manager of Business Analysis, 1986-1991. Modeled and analyzed a change in the distribution channel affecting all elements of the business strategy in an attempt to raise profits by 25%; analyzed $8 million acquisition proposal. Developed a successful proposal for a $12 million packaging change for Breyers Ice Cream.

IU INTERNATIONAL, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Controller Associate/Strategic Planning Analyst, 1981-1986. Liaison between subsidiary companies and the general office; systemized planning and analysis. In Strategic Planning and Treasury – identified acquisition candidates; provided competitor analysis.

STANDARD OIL OF INDIANA (AMOCO), Chicago, Illinois, Financial Analyst, 1979-1981. Monthly results analysis, budget analysis, coordinator of the planning process.

Education

KELLOGG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Evanston, Illinois

M.B.A., Finance and Quantitative Methods, 1977-1979, GPA 3.6 of 4.0

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY (SUNYA), Albany, New York

B.S., Economics and Mathematics, 1973-1976, GPA 3.8 of 4.0

Skills

Excel Modeling

Excel Visual Basic

OneNote

SQL Access Six Sigma

Analytical Skills Effective Manager

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